USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -France was the leading proponent of harsh peace terms against Germany at the Paris Peace Conference. As the war had been fought mostly on French soil, it had destroyed much of the infrastructure and industry in Northern France, and France had suffered the highest number of casualties proportionate to population.

Detailed explanation-2: -M/N You hate Germany because in 1871 Germany seized Alsace-Lorraine (a region in France) from France after winning the France Prussian War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The document stripped Germany of 13 percent of its territory and one tenth of its population. The Rhineland was occupied and demilitarized, and German colonies were taken over by the new League of Nations. The German army was diminished to 100, 000 men and the country was forbidden to draft soldiers.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is commonly referred to as the era of ‘hereditary enmity’ can be traced back to the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), when the French Empire and its allies put an end to the Holy Roman Empire, reshaped the political map of the German states, and sparked sweeping tides of nationalism across Europe.